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Winter Pleasure Tours 



UNDER THE PERSONALLY-CONDUCTED SYSTEM 



Pennsylvania Railroad, 



SPECIAL TRAINS OF PULLMAN VESTIBULE DRAWING-ROOM 
SLEEPING AND DINING CARS. 



SEASON OF 1897. \ 

J. R. WOOD, GEO. W. BOYD, 

CenH Passenger Agent. Ass'i Gen'l Passenger Agent. 



Entered, according to Act ok Congress, in the Year 1896, by 

THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY, 

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. 



Allen, Lane ^ Seott, Printers. 






Pennsylvania Tours 



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Florida. 



Winter and Spring" of 1897, 




HE large number of people who feel the need 
of a midwinter as well as a midsummer holi- 
day look upon Florida with great favor, 
and find under its genial skies the rest 
and recreation which a working world 
makes necessary. To these people the 
personally-conducted tours of the Penn- 
sylvania Railroad especially commend 
themselves. These tours are planned 
just to fit the two weeks' vacation 
which almost every one may take. The excursion rates are 
most liberal, and the style of traveling is first class in ever>^ 
particular. If the general sentiment concerning them is to 
be taken as an index of their popularity, they may in all 
verity be styled the ideal short winter tours. 

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, for the season of 
1897, presents a series of four tours. They will be carried 
out under the personally-conducted system for which that 
company has become famous, and every detail relating to 

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them will be maintained on that high grade which has 
been the marked characteristic of previous undertakings 
of this kind. 

Arrangements so comprehensive and complete present 
a rare opportunity for recreation and pleasure on desir- 
able dates, 

THE DAYS OF STARTING AND 
RETURNING. 

A series of four tours from Boston, New York, Philadel- 
phia, Baltimore, Washington, and other principal 'points on 
the Pennsylvania System is fixed for the following dates :— 

Leave New York, Tuesday, January 26, 

Leave New York ^Tuesday, February 9, 

Leave New York, Tuesday, February 23, 

Leave New York, Tuesday, March 9, 1897. 

Dates for leaving Boston are one day earlier in each in- 
stance. 

The first three tours will each admit of a visit of two 
whole weeks in the Flowery State, and the returning 
parties will leave Jacksonville for home on the dates fol- 
lowing : — 

First Tour, Thursday, February ii. 

Second Tour, Thursday, February 25. 

Third Tour, Thursday, March ir. 

Tickets for the Fourth Tour are valid for return until 
May 31, 1897, by regular trains. 

The period allowed is amply sufficient to admit of a 
thorough tour of all the interesting places in the Peninsula. 



UNDER PERSONAL ESCORT. 

Undoubtedly one of the most original and highly satis- 
factory creations of the Pennsylvania Railroad is the in- 
auguration of personally-conducted tours under the super- 
vision and direction of a Tourist Agent and Chaperon. 
The former, a man of broad experience, makes all arrange- 
ments that may be required, has a perfect knowledge of 
all routes, attends to the prompt movement of the train, 
and in every way looks to the comfort and enjoyment of 
his fellow-travelers. 

The Chaperon, entirely an original conception of the 
Pennsylvania Railroad, has especial charge of ladies, par- 
ticularly those unaccompanied by parents or escort, min- 
istering to their necessities in a most intelligent manner, 
as experience has thoroughly educated her in the intrica- 
cies of railway travel and usage^ 

In the Chaperon the ladies find both a companion and 
guide. While furnishing all information that one could 
wish, and looking with watchful eyes after the comfort and 
pleasure of those in her charge, the Chaperon also stands 
to unescorted ladies in the exact relation that her title 
implies. 

DISTINCTIVE FEATURES. 

The marked success and popularity of the Pennsylvania 
Tours to Florida are due to several causes. The complete 
appointment of the special trains, the liberality of the rates 
and the return limit of tickets, are features that have at- 
tracted the traveling pubHc ; but the most popular character- 
istic of these, as well as other tours of the Pennsylvania 
Railroad Company, is the freedom of movement allowed 
the tourists after their arrival at destination. No fixed 
programme is set for them in Florida, but having arrived a 



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Jacksonville they are at perfect liberty to dispose of their 
time as they see fit. They may travel over the State in- 
dividually or in small parties, may stop wherever they choose 
and stay as long as is desirable, only keeping in view the 
return date, and arranging their migrations so as to be in 
Jacksonville in time to take the special train for home on 
the date fixed for its departure. This plan imposes on 
the tourists no compulsory conditions as to their movements, 
and at the same time secures to them all the benefits of 
the personally-conducted system. 

HOW THE TOURISTS TRAVEL. 

Each party will be transported from New York to Jack- 
sonville in a special train of Pullman Vestibule Sleeping 
and Dining Cars, and a Pennsylvania Railroad Combined 
Parlor Smoking Car. The train will be in direct charge of 
the Tourist Agent, who, aided by the Chaperon, will relieve 
the tourists of all the incidental cares of a long trip. The 
train will run through on a fast schedule in both direc- 
tions. 

The route of the tours of January 26 and February 23 is 
via Pennsylvania Railroad to Washington, Southern Rail- 
way to Columbia, and Florida Central and Peninsular Rail- 
road to Jacksonville; and that of the tours of February 9 
and March 9 is via the Pennsylvania Railroad to Quantico, 
the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad to 
Richmond, the Atlantic Coast Line to Ashley Junction, and 
the Plant System to Jacksonville. Returning, the parties 
will travel by the same route as that used south-bound. 

The dining-car feature is a most desirable one, and can- 
not fail to enlist the appreciation of all travelers, insuring 
comfortable meals at regular hours with ample time to 
enjoy them. All the meals necessary en route will be 
served in the dining car, the expense of the same being 



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covered by the price of the tickets. Hours observed for 
meals will be : — 

Breakfast 7-oo to 8.30 A. M. 

Luncheon 12.30 to 1.30 P. M. 

Dinner 6.00 to 7.30 P. M. 



THE RATES AND CONDITIONS OF THE 
TICKETS. 

The excursion tickets for these tours will be sold from 
Boston at I65.00, New York I50.00, Philadelphia $48.00, and 
from other stations named on other pages in this pamphlet 
at the rates there quoted. The price of the tickets includes 
railway transportation, and, for the first three tours, Pull- 
man sleeping-car accommodations (one berth) and meals 
en route in both directions while traveling on the special 
train. The rate from Boston includes, in addition to above, 
berth from Boston to Philadelphia and return ; breakfast 
going and supper returning, at Broad Street Station, Phila- 
delphia. The tickets will be accepted for passage only on 
the special train. They must be used for the return trip 
only on the special train appointed to leave Jacksonville on 
the date fixed for the return of the particular tour in 
question, except that as stated on page 6 tickets for the 
fourth tour will be valid returning by regular trains until 
May 31, 1897, and cover Pullman accommodations (one 
berth) and meals on going trip only ; nothing but trans- 
portation is included returning. 

Tickets sold at points on this company's lines not reached 
by the special train cover transportation by regular trains to 
nearest junction point with the special train. 

The tourists, upon reaching Jacksonville, will be left to 
pursue their own course until the return date, when they will 
take the special train at that point for the homeward trip. 



Baggage should be checked through to Jacksonville via 
the route of tour selected. 

The company reserves the right to attach special cars to 
regular trains, if, from any cause, the number of the party 
should be too small to warrant the running of a special train. 

A SUGGESTION. 

The number of persons for which accommodations can 
be provided on a special train of Pullman drawing-room 
cars is necessarily limited. For these tours it is fixed at 
one hundred and twenty-five. It is prudent, therefore, that 
those who desire to join the party should make early ap- 
plication for tickets, and register their names for sleeping- 
car accommodations. 

Tickets or itineraries may be secured at the ticket offices 
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in Boston, New 
York, Jersey City, Newark, Elizabeth, Trenton, Philadel- 
phia, Wilmington, Baltimore, Washington, and the other 
stations from which rates are quoted, or by addressing 

Geo. W. Boyd, 

Assistant General Passenger Agent 
Pennsylvania R. R. Co., 
Broad Street Station, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Special booking offices for personally-conducted tours 
have been established at the following offices, where repre- 
sentatives of the Tourist Bureau will be stationed : — 

1 196 Broadway, 205 Washington Street, 

New York City. Boston, Mass. 

789 Broad Street, S60 Fulton Street, 

Newark, N. J. Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Room 411, Broad, St. Sta- 15th and G Streets, 

tion, Philadelphia, Pa. Washington, D.C. 

N. E. Corner Baltimore Corner Fifth Avenue and 

and Calvert Streets, Smithfield Streets, 

Baltimore, Md. Pittsburg, Pa. 



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ROUND-TRIP RATES. 



Altoona, Pa $50 65 

Atlantic City, N. J 49 00 

Auburn, Pa 50 00 

Baltimore, Md 48 00 

Bellefonte, Pa., via Tyrone . 51 00 

Belvidere, N. J 50 00 

Birdsboro, Pa 49 95 

Blairsville, Pa 51 95 

Bordentown, N. J 49 00 

Boston, Mass 65 00 

Bridgeton, N.J 49 00 

Bristol, Pa 48 60 

Bryn Mawr, Pa 48 00 

Burlington, N.J 48 60 

Canandaigua, N. Y 52 85 

Cape May, N. J 49 00 

Catawissa, Pa 49 50 

Centreville, Md 49 00 

Chelten Avenue, Pa 48 20 

Chestnut Hill, Pa 48 30 

Chester, Pa 48 00 

Clayton, Del 48 40 

Clearfield, Pa 51 15 

Coatesville, Pa 48 00 

Columbia, Pa 48 00 

Conewago, Pa 48 00 

Connellsville, Pa 52 85 

Conshohocken, Pa 48 50 

Corry, Pa 54 10 

Dover, Del 48 50 

Downingtown, Pa 48 00 

Delmar, Del 49 00 

Driftwood, Pa 51 50 

Elizabeth, N.J 49 75 

Elkton, Md 48 00 

Elmira, N. Y 51 45 

Emporium, Pa 51 85 

Erie, Pa 54 85 

Felton, Del 48 75 

Frankford, Pa 48 20 

Freehold, N. J 50 00 



Greensburg, Pa $52 35 

Germantown, Pa 48 20 

Germantown Junction, Pa. . 48 15 

Glassboro, N. J 48 50 

Hamburg, Pa 50 00 

Harrington, Del 49 00 

Harrisburg, Pa 48 00 

Havre de Grace, Md 48 00 

Huntingdon, Pa 49 95 

Irvineton, Pa 53 65 

Jamesburg, N.J 49 75 

Jersey City, N. J 5000 

Johnstown, Pa 51 40 

Kane, Pa 52 95 

Lambertville, N.J 49 25 

Lancaster. Pa 48 00 

Latrobe, Pa 52 15 

Lewistown Junction, Pa. . . 4925 

Lock Haven, Pa 50 35 

Long Branch, N.J 50 00 

Mt. Carmel, Pa 49 65 

Mt. Union, Pa 49 75 

Manayunk, Pa 48 25 

Media, Pa 48 00 

Merchantville, N. J 48 20 

Middletown, Del 48 25 

Middletown, Pa 48 00 

Milford, Del 49 00 

Millville, N.J 49 00 

Milton, Pa 49 35 

Moorestown, N. J 48 50 

Mt. Holly, N.J 48 70 

Mt. Joy, Pa 48 00 

Muncy, Pa 49 65 

Nanticoke, Pa 5° 25 

Nescopec, Pa 49 80 

Newark, Del 48 00 

Newark, N.J 5000 

New Brunswick, N. J. ... 49 25 

New Castle, Del 48 00 



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New York, N. Y I50 00 

Norristown, Pa 48 65 

Northumberland, Pa 49 15 

Ocean Grove, N.J 50 00 

Oxford, Pa 48 00 

Parkesburg, Pa 48 00 

Perry ville, Md 48 00 

Philadelphia, Pa 48 00 

Phillipsburg, N. J 49 75 

Phoenixville, Pa 49 10 

Pittsburg, Pa 53 00 

Pottstown, Pa 49 60 

Pottsville, Pa 50 00 

Princeton, N. J 49 25 

Railway, N.J 49 50 

Reading, Pa 50 00 

RedBank, N. J 5000 

Renovo, Pa 50 95 

Riverton, N. J 4830 

Salem, N.J 49 00 

Schuylkill Haven, Pa. ... 50 00 



Seaford, Del $49 00 

Shamokin, Pa 49 50 

Shenandoah, Pa 50 00 

Spring City, Pa 49 30 

Sunbury, Pa 49 10 

Trenton, N.J 49 00 

Tulpohocken, Pa 48 20 

Tyrone, Pa 50 35 

Uniontown, Pa 53 00 

Vineland, N.J 49 00 

Warren, Pa 53 55 

Washington, D. C 48 00 

Watkins, N. Y 51 90 

West Chester, Pa 48 00 

Wilkesbarre, Pa 50 35 

Williamsport, Pa 50 00 

Wilmington, Del 48 00 

Wissahickon Heights, Pa. . 48 30 

Woodbury, N.J 48 30 

York, Pa 48 00 



Half-tickets for use of children between five and twelve 
years of age will be sold at two-thirds above rates. 



EXTRA PULLMAN ACCOMMODATIONS. 

As previously stated, these rates include one double 
berth in sleeper, but in case extra Pullman accommoda- 
tions are desired a limited number of persons can be fur- 
nished therewith at the following additional charges for the 
round trip from New York or Philadelphia : — 

For entire section occupied by one person I13 00 

For drawing-room occupied by one person 35 00 

For drawing-room occupied by two persons 22 00 

For drawing-room occupied by three persons 9 00 

It should be borne in mind that the above are the total 
additional charges, so that in the case of drawing-room occu- 
pied by two persons the /'(?r capita charge is |ii.oo, and when 
occupied by three persons the/><?r capita charge is I3.00, 

For the fourth tour, where Pullman accommodations are 
furnished south-bound only, the charges for extra Pullman 
space will be one-half of above amounts. 



ITINERARY IN DETAIL. 

Via Southern Railway and Florida Central and 
Peninsular Railroad. 



SOUTH-BOUND SCHEDULE. 

January 25 and February 22, 1897. 

T T^ / • -KT Eastern Time. 

Leave Boston (via New York, New Haven and 

Hartford R. R.) 7.00 P. M. 

January 26 and February 23, 1897. 

Leave New York (via Pennsylvania R. R.) . . 9.30 A. M. 

9.10 
9-44 



Brooklyn (via Annex Boat) 

Jersey City (via Pennsylvania R. R.) 

Newark 

Elizabeth 

Trenton 

Philadelphia 

Wilmington, Del 

Baltimore 

Washington (via Southern Ry.) 
Arrive Charlottesville, Va. " 
Leave Charlottesville, Va. " 



9-58 
J 0.08 
11.09 
12.09 P- 
12.49 

2.25 

3-55 
7.02 
7.07 



M. 



January 27 and February 24, 1897. 

Eastern Time. 

Arrive Columbia, S. C. (via Southern Ry.) . . 6.10 A. M. 

Central Time. 
Arrive Columbia, S. C. (via Southern Ry.) . . 5.10 A. M. 

Leave " " (via Florida Central and 

Peninsular Railroad) 5.20 A. M. 

Leave Savannah " 10.05 " 

Arrive Jacksonville " 3.15 P. M. 

All meals on special train will be served in the dining car. 

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VIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY AND FLORIDA CENTRAL AND 
PENINSULAR RAILROAD. 



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NORTH-BOUND SCHEDULE. 

February ii and March ii, 1897. 

Central Time. 

Leave Jacksonville (via Florida Central and 

Peninsular R. R.) 9.00 A.M. 

Eastern Time. 

Leave Columbia (via Southern Ry.) 7.10 P. M. 



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M. 



M. 



February 12 and AL\rch 12, 1897. 

Eastern T 

Arrive Washington (via Southern Ry.) .... 8.45 A. 
" Baltimore (via Pennsylvania R. R.) . . 10.03 

Wilmington, Del. " " . . ii.45 

" Philadelphia " " .. 12.27 P. 

Trenton " " . . 1.24 

" Elizabeth " " . . 2.25 

Newark " " . . 2.35 

" Jersey City " " • • 2.49 

" New York " " . . 3-03 

'* Brooklyn (via Annex Boat) 3.20 

All meals on special train will be served in the dining car. 

February 13 and ]\L\rch 13, 1897. 

Arrive Boston (via New York, New Haven and 

Hartford R. R.) 7.00 A. M. 



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Via ATLANTIC COAST LINE AND PLANT SYSTEM. 



SOUTH-BOUND SCHEDULE. 
Februarv S and March S. 1S97. 

Leave Boston (via New York, New Haven and ^^''™ '^'"'• 
Hartford R.R.. 7.00 P.M. 



February 9 and March 9. 1S97 
Leave New York (\ia Pennsylvania R. R.^ 
BrookI\-n (\-ia Annex Boat) 
Jersey Cit>- (\-ia Pennsylvania R. R. 
Newark 
Elizabeth 
Trenton 
Philadelphia 
Wilming^ton, Del. 
Baltimore 

Washington uia Pennsylvania and Rich- 
mond. Fredericksburg and Potomac 

Railroads' - . ^ a6 P V 

Leave Richmond (via Atlantic Coast Line) - t- ♦' 



9-30 A. M. 
9.T0 

9-44 " 

9-58 *' 

lo.oS 

ir.09 " 

12.09 P- M. 

12.49 " 

2.25 " 



Petersburg. Va. 

So. Rocky Mount. N. C. 



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February id and March 10. 1S97. 

Leave Florence (via Atlantic Coast Line) 
Arrive Ashley Junction •' " 

Arrive Ashley Junction 

Leave .Ashley Junction (via Plant System) . 

Savannah '• '• 

Arrive Jacksonville 

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Eastern Time. 

4-51 A. M. 

Central Time. 

6.3S A. M. 

6-45 " 

10.15 " 

3- 15 P- M. 



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NORTH-BOUND SCHEDULE. 

February 25, tickets on the last tour being valid for 

return until May 31, 1897. 

Central Time. 

Leave Jacksonville (via Plant System) 9.00 A. M. 

" Ashley Junction (via Atlantic Coast Line) 6.12 P. M. 



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10.03 

11.45 
12.27 P- 

1.24 

2.25 

2.35 
2.49 

3-03 
3.20 



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M. 



M. 



February 26, 1897. 

Eastern Ti 

Arrive Richmond (via Atlantic Coast Line) . . 5.00 A. 
Leave Richmond (via Rich., Fred. & Pot. R. R.) 5.10 
Arrive Washington (via Pennsylvania R, R.) . . 8.45 
Baltimore 
" Wilmington, Del. 
Philadelphia 
Trenton " 

" Elizabeth ♦* '♦ 

Newark 
" Jersey City " *' 

New York 
" Brooklyn (via Annex Boat) .... 
All meals on special train will be served in the dining car. 
February 27, 1897. 

Arrive Boston (via New York, New Haven and 

Hartford R. R.) 7.00 A. M. 



STAFF OF THE TOURIST BUREAU. 
R. J. De LOiXG. 

In C/iarg-e. 
Tourist Agents : Chaperons : 

J. P. McWiLLiAMs, Miss E. C. Bingham, 

W. N. Burchard, Miss Z. W. Beaty, 



D. X. Bell. 



Miss A. E. Brady 



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RESORTS. 




S the tourists will be left at Jacksonville to 
follow their own inclinations, a few brief 
sketches of the principal resorts easily acces- 
sible from Jacksonville will be found on 
the following pages. 

JACKSONVILLE. 

1002 miles from New York. 

This city is the great distributing 
centre from which hosts of travelers 
pouring into the land branch out to the 
numberless places of interest in every direction. It is sit- 
uated on the St. John's River, twenty-five miles west of 
the ocean, and is the largest city on the seaboard south 
of Savannah, and the place of first importance in busi- 
ness, commerce, and social life. The wide avenues of the 
city are shaded with grand live oaks ; rare flowers and 
shrubbery of the tropics adorn the grounds around the 
villas and hotels, and the sweet perfume of buds and 
blossoms permeates the air. The city is rich in suburban 
attractions. The drive along the St. John's River and to 
Riverside are especially beautiful. 

The hotels of Jacksonville are numerous. Some are very 
handsome structures, and all offer good entertainment. 



The Carleton. 
The Duval. 
The Glenada. 
River View. 



PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Hotel Oxford. 
St. James Hotel. 
The Travelers. 
Windsor Hotel. 
The Everett. 



Placide House. 
Grand View Hotel. 
Elliott. 
Geneva. 



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CEDAR KEY. 

.„ „„es from Jacksonville, via Florida Centra, and Peninsnlar Railroad^ 
Cedar Key is a very popular resort for tounsts and 
soortsmen Many and interesting are the s,de tnps by 
sreameTfrom here' Diving for sponge is a sight well worth 
seeing. principal hotels. 

,. . „ .,„ Sclilemmer House. 

Bettelmi House. 

CLEARWATER, FLA. 

,59 miles from Jacksonville, via the Plant System. 
This quaint little town is situated on the «est coast of 
Florida on one of the prettiest •->- to be found on the 
r„lf of Mexico. About a mile and a half out across tne 
S r h'sthe long, slender strip of land kno- as San^ 
Kev a natural garden of rare beauty, verdant uith the 
dense foUage of undergrowth and crowned wtth the brts - 
tg pktuTesque, and tousled heads of large palm trees^ 
On'ih western edge of this Key e..tends a long beach 
of pure white sand, where dash the breakers of the rest- 

'"^To^thfelf o'the city lies a lake of the purest fresh 
J:, sSp'ed by springs. Here will soon be estabUshed 

''^OrSeTonh:™ :krof the town a splendid bi^cle 
race track, paved with cement, has just been established. 

Clearwater is located in one of the most attractive corners 
of "the land of flowers," having the advantages of level, 
well-paved streets and a most charming gulf drive. 

One mile south of Clearwater, at Belleair, >s located the 
famous Eelleview Hotel, one of the most magnificent hotels 
on the west coast. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

. TT . 1 Vprona Inn Sea View Hotel. 

Phoenix Hotel. v erona inu. 



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DAYTONA. 

51 miles from Palatka, via Florida East Coast Railway. 
This town is built for about two miles along the west 
bank of the Halifax River. Its streets are shaded with 
ive oaks and stately palmettos. Steamboats connect at 
this pomt for the Hillsborough and Indian Rivers. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Fountain City Hotel. Palmetto Hotel. Holly Inn. 




DAYTONA DRIVE. 



DE LAND. 

no miles from Jacksonville, via Tropical Trunk Line. 
De Land is a delightfully picturesque town, situated in 
Volusia County, on a pine elevation. It is completely 
belted with extensive orange groves, and here the rich 



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tropical productions thrive in abundance. All through this 
locality are found most picturesque lakes, on the shores 
of which stand beautiful residences and commodious hotels. 
It is a favorite spot for the sportsman— deer, turkey, and 
wildcat being found in abundance. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
The Carrolton. College Arms. Floral Grove Hotel. Putnam House. 



ENTERPRISE. 

122 miles from Jacksonville, via Tropical Trunk Line 
reached via boat. 



also 



The advantageous situation of this town has given it a 
pre-eminence over many others, as it is, like its neighbor 
Sanford, directly on Lake Monroe— one of the headwater 
bodies of the St. John's. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Brock House. Live Oak House. 




ALONG THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER. 



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FERNANDINA. 

36 miles from Jacksonville, via Jacksonville Branch of the Florida Cen- 
tral and Peninsular Railroad. 

This old Spanish town was founded in 1632 by the 
Countess of Egmont, who essayed the culture of indi-o 
It has the largest and deepest harbor on the eastern coasi 
of Florida and during the Civil War witnessed some of 
the most thrilling scenes of blockade running 

Amelia Beach, over twenty miles long and two hundred 
feet wide hard and firm, is one of the finest beaches in 
the world The air is perfect, and the avenues broad 
bowered by oak and orange. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Egmont Hotel. pj^^ida House. 

GREEN COVE SPRINGS. 

30 miles from Jacksonville by rail or boat, reached via 
Tropical Trunk Line. 

The wonderful Sulphur Spring, discharging three thou- 
sand gallons of water a minute, from which the place takes 
Its name, is located in a handsome grove of live oaks draped 
with Spanish moss, in the midst of wide magnolia forests. 
The groimds are attractively laid out in romantic walks and 
parks. The bathing pools are extensive, and the baths 
are commended not only to invalids but to all who enjoy 
a good plunge. Open-air bathing in December is a com- 
mon everyday enjoyment. 

The romantic St. David's walk extends northward along 
the shore two miles through the forest to Magnolia and 
Its hne hotel. Excursions may be made by boat from here 
to Palatka. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Clarendon Hotel. Oakland Hotel. St. Clair Hotel. 

iMorganza Hotel. Riverside House. 



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THE INDIAN RIVER. 

The Florida East Coast Railway extends from Jacksonville, via 
St. Augustine, to Miami. 

The Tropical Trunk Line runs to Titusville, the head of the river, a 
distance of 158 miles from Jacksonville. 

This river, so well known to people of the North from 
the fame of its oranges, is one hundred and forty-two miles 
in length, and in many respects one of the most remark- 
able and picturesque water courses in Florida. From its 
head, a few miles above Titusville, to the southern ex- 
tremity at Jupiter Inlet, it winds through the wildest and 
most beautiful scenery in the State. Its width varies from 
one hundred feet to three miles. 




ON THE BANKS O.^ THE INDIAN RIVER. 



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LAKE WORTH. 

Reached bj' Florida East Coast Railway, or via Tropical Trunk Line to 

Titusville, where steamer is taken down the Indian River to 

Jupiter, and thence via Jupiter and Lake Worth 

Railway to Juno. 

This beautiful lake, twenty-five miles long, with an aver- 
age width of one mile, and separated by a thin strip of land 




BRELSFORD POINT, LAKE WORTH. 

from the ocean, is situated one hundred miles east and 
about three hundred miles south of Jacksonville. On its 
shores may be seen cocoanut groves in full bearing, and 
some of the most palatial dwellings, in the midst of trop- 
ical gardens of wondrous beauty, reveal themselves as the 
steamer glides by on its transparent waters. The cocoa- 



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nut industry here has become an important one, and the 
region has therefore become very popular with those so- 
journing South during the winter months, for where the 
cocoanut grows no stronger assurance is needed of the 
desirabiHty of soil and climate. Fruits and flowers of 
every description bloom and ripen on its banks. Border- 
ing the beach of Lake Worth are the towns of Juno, Oak- 
lawn, Lake Worth, Palm Beach, Figulus, and Hypoluxo. 

In reaching Lake Worth from the Indian River the 
traveler passes over the "celestial railway," starting at 
Jupiter and terminating at Juno, with Venus and Mars 
sandwiched between. The road is only eight miles long, 
but it reaches the stars. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS (Lake Worth). 

The Earmon. Hotel Royal Poinciana. The Palms 

Delniore Cottage. Lake Worth Hotel. Palm Beach Imi. 



MIAMI, FLA. 

366 miles from Jacksonville, via Florida East Coast Railway. 

This resort is situated on Biscayne Bay, at the mouth of 
the Miami River. Its location, climate, and other natural 
advantages are all that can be desired, and it is destined 
to become the metropolis of South Florida. On the north 
bank of the Miami River stands Old Fort Dallas, which 
has been converted by the present owner into a luxurious 
home, surrounded by extensive tropical gardens in the 
highest state of cultivation. The town of Miami is platted 
to include two hundred acres on the north side and two 
hundred acres on the south side of the river, connected by 
a bridge. 

PRINCIPAL HOTEL. 
Roval Palm. 



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NASSAU, N. P. 

Nassau is the capital of New Providence, the chief of the 
Bahama Islands. It is directly east of Southern Florida, 
and about one hundred and fifty miles from Palm Beach or 
Miami, being reached by steamer in a short sail of a few 
hours, through a sea landlocked most of the way. Pro- 
tected by the Gulf Stream, it is absolutely free from frost 
and sudden changes in temperature, with a winter climate 
varying from sixty-eight to seventy-eight, where the varia- 
tions rarely show five in twenty-four hours. The sailing is 
perfect, both in a landlocked harbor or on the broad At- 
lantic. The drives are magnificent, the roads being made 
out of the native stone, and for this reason it is rightly called 
the paradise of the cyclists. The Royal Victoria Hotel, a 
large four-story building, is well kept by an American. The 
Curry House is less pretentious, but very comfortable, and 
there are smaller hotels and boarding houses within the 
reach of every visitor. The society is excellent, and for 
many years Nassau has been noted for its hospitality and 
courtesies to Americans. 

OCALA. 

126 miles from Jacksonville, via Palatka and Plant System. 100 miles 

from Jacksonville, via Florida Central and 

Peninsular Railway. 

Ocala is a thriving and prosperous city, the county 
seat of Marion, and the centre of one of the richest agri- 
cultural sections of the State, and is manifestly destined 
to become one of the distributing centres of the great 
orange belt. Near it are located extensive deposits of nat- 
ural phosphates. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Central Hotel. Magnolia House. Montezuma Hotel. 

Ocala House. 



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THE OCKLAWAHA. 

Starting-point, Palatka, 55 miles by rail from Jacksonville, via 
Tropical Trunk Line. 

No trip to Florida is thoroughly complete without a 
steamer ride up or down the Ocklawaha, for it reveals a 
phase of tropical scenery peculiar alone to Florida, The 
river is formed by a succession of swamps, springs, lakes, 
and lagoons. 

A night journey on this river is one that cannot be 
rivaled for weird and beautiful effects. The pine torch 
headlight on the little steamer reveals masses of tangled 
jungle, networks of winding vines, moss, and fungi, awakens 
storks, cranes, herons, curlews, alligators, snakes, turtles, 
and a thousand other wild inmates of nature's household. 




PALMETTO GROVE. 



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ORLANDO. 



147 miles by rail or boat, via Tropical Trunk Line to Sanford, thence 

via South Florida Railroad to Orlando. 4 miles 

south of Winter Park. 

180 miles from Jacksonville, via Florida Central and Peninsular Railway. 

Orlando is located in the midst of a region charmingly 
diversified by beautiful lakes, whose borders are lined with 
groves surrounding elegant villas and cosy winter cottage 
homes of Northern residents. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Arcade Hotel. Magnolia House. Summerlin House. 

Charleston House. San Juan Hotel. Tremont Hotel. 

OHMOND, FLA. 

104 miles from Jacksonville on the Florida East Coast Railway. 

This beautiful little town is known as Ormond-by-the-Sea 
or Ormond-on-the-Halifax— either or both— and is one of 
the most charming spots in Florida. The town is situated 
on both the east and west banks of the Halifax River, and 
no other locality in Florida presents such varied scenery 
Hahfax River is really an arm of the sea— a broad tropi- 
cal lagoon, whose banks are fringed with groves of palms, 
orange, oak, and pine. Into it flows the Tomoka River! 
This picturesque stream is one of the great attractions of 
Florida, and an excursion from Ormond to the head of the 
navigable waters and return may be made in about six 
hours by steam or naphtha launch ; many people prefer to 
make the trip in sail or row boats, with which Ormond 
is well supplied. From the pier in front of the Hotel Or- 
mond these craft ply their way up the Halifax, a distance 
of five miles, to the mouth of the Tomoka, passing beau- 
tiful rolling lands, both on the mainland and on the 



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peninsula, all under a high state of cultivation, producing 
oranges, vegetables of all kinds, persimmons, guavas, and 
other semi-tropical fruits. Three miles beyond is Thomp- 
son's Creek, "The Fisherman's Paradise." Bass, trout, 
mullet, carvalho, and sheepshead may here be caught in 
large numbers. 




WINTER BATHING IN FLORIDA 



From the village on the west bank across the Halifax 
runs a long bridge, which is a favorite resort for the "fish- 
ing folk " from the hotels ; from its east end to the ocean — 
about a third of a mile — the road is through fragrant pines 
and an undulating sea of oak and palmetto, whose tops 
appear to form a waving carpet of green where the land 
rises and falls in long shell-like swells. Between the sand 



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dunes and the sea stretches Ormond Beach— four hundred 
feet of yellow sand, hard and level as an asphalt pave- 
ment, and extending thirty miles without a break. It is a 
perfect drive, and a paradise for bicycle riders. The surf 
bathing of Ormond is superb, and it can be indulged in 
at least five days out of every seven during the winter 
season. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
The Ormond. Hotel Coquiiia. 

PABLO BEACH. 

17 miles from Jacksonville, reached bj'the Jacksonville and Atlantic R. R. 

Directly on the Atlantic Coast, commanding a mag- 
nificent view and offering a delightfully tempered climate, 
is this seaboard resort of Jacksonville. It possesses one 
of the finest beaches in the world. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Ocean House. 

PALATKA. 

75 miles by boat, 55 miles by rail from Jacksonville, via Tropical Trunk 

Line. 28 miles from St. Augustine, via Florida 

East Coast Railway. 

This thriving and picturesque town is the centre of a 
large orange-growing district, and many of the most famous 
groves in the State are located in the vicinity. Palatka is 
the county seat of Putnam, and the starting point for boat 
excursions on the Ocklawaha and Upper St. John's Rivers. 
Good shooting and fishing and bathing may be enjoyed. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Florida House. Graham House. Hotel Osceola. 

Putnam House. 



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PUNTA GORDA. 

268 miles from Jacksonville, via Sanford, Bartow and Florida Soulhern Ry. 

Within easy reach of the most famous tarpon fishing 
grounds on the coast is Punta Gorda No more exciting 
sport exists than hooking one of these "game fish." Up 
to five years ago it was never taken except by harpoon or 
seine, and to come down now and land it with a thin, silken 
thread line is certainly a deviation from the old school, and 
sport of no small account. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

De Soto House. Hotel Georgia. Hotel Southland. 

Punta Gorda Hotel. 

ROCKLEDGE. 

175 miles from Jacksonville, all rail via Florida East Coast Railway, 

or via Tropical Trunk Line to Titusville, thence by 

boats of Indian River Steamboat Company. 

False Cape and Cape Canaveral throw their protecting 
arms far out into the sea, and shield the productive ter- 
ritory to the south from every chilly wind. It is in this 
sheltered nook that Rockledge has sprung into the prom- 
inent health and agricultural mart of to-day. It is the 
capital of the famous Indian River Country, world-renowned 
for its oranges, and little less celebrated for the quantity 
and variety of its game. It is undoubtedly one of the most 
beautiful and delightful places in Florida, and its attractions 
are yearly becoming better appreciated. The palmetto palm 
grows here in wild abundance, and the effect of avenues of 
these graceful trees is decidedly odd and picturesque. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Hotel Indian River. Rockledge House. 



ST. AUGUSTINE. 

36 miles from Jacksonville. Reached by the Florida East Coast 

Railway. 

Flo^cll^lirt"' ^^^^^^^'-^^^J i"t^>-est of all the cities of 
Florida IS St. Augustine, the oldest town in America The 
city was founded by the Spaniards centuries 
ago, and many of the present inhabitants are 
descendants of the original grandees. 
It savors yet decidedly of the Span- 
ish, and the quaint, old, balconied 
houses, narrow, winding streets, 
the ruins of the old walls, and 
the city gates, combine to 
form an old-world picture 
strangely in contrast with 
the newness of to-day. 
The natural advan- 
tages of St. Augus- 
, tine are many. It 
enjoys a well-found- 
. ed reputation for 
healthfulness, and 
- possesses a magnifi- 
cent beach, on which 
sea-bathing may be 
'.^ indulged in from 

the year's beginning 
to its end. Its grand 
possibilities have at- 
tracted the attention of capital- 
ists, who have erected three of the 
most superb hotels in the world. 
These palaces, the Ponce de Leon, 
Cordova, and Alcazar, are built of coquina, a curious shell 
formation. The architecture is Spanish Renaissance and 




PONCE DE LEON GATEWA\ 
ST. AUGUSTINE. 



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Mooresque ; the decorations and ornamentations are wrought 
in the same spirit, and the furnishing is in keeping with the 
skill which designed and the taste that executed the grand 
piles. They have no equals in the world, and yet they 
harmonize most happily with their antique surroundings. 
Other attractive features of the old town are the sea wall, 
the old slave market, the Huguenot Cemetery, the Plaza 
de la Constitution, and the Castle of San Marco, now be- 
come Fort Marion. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Hernandez Hotel. 
Hotel Cordova. 
Hotel San Marco. 
The San Salvador. 
Magnolia Hotel. 
Ocean View Hotel. 



Ponce de Leon Hotel 
The Alcazar. 
American House. 
Carleton Hotel. 
Cleveland House. 
Florida House. 



Pasade la Plaza Hotel. 
The St. George. 
Lynn's Hotel. 
The Buckingham. 
Lorilladr Villa. 
The Valencia. 



SAN FORD. 

125 miles from Jacksonville, via Tropical Trunk Line ; also reached 
by boat on St. John's River. 

Sanford was originally a Spanish grant, and passed from 
hand to hand until 1870, when it was purchased by Gen. 
H. S. Sanford, through whose instrumentality a number 
of Swedish families were imported, and to their toil and 
industry the prosperity of the present community is largely 
due. The picturesque body of Lake Monroe, on whose 
shore it is partly built, adds no small share to the attrac- 
tive features of the place. It has long been held in the high 
estimation of Florida tourists and well warrants a visit. 



Sanford House. 



PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Sirrine Hotel. 



San Leon Hote. 



SILVER SPRINGS. 

100 miles from Jacksonville, on the Florida Central and Peninsular 
Railroad ; also reached via Palatka and Florida Southern. 

Silver Springs is well known to all who have heard of 
Florida. This vast circular basin, six hundred feet in diam- 



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eter and nearly fifty feet in depth, is the source of a 
river known as Silver Spring Run, navigable for small 
steamboats, and which empties into the Ocklawaha River, 
about nine miles distant, and is really one of the greatest 
of natural wonders. So transparent is the water that peb- 
bles and sand can be seen distinctly at the bottom, some- 
times eighty and ninety feet below the surface. 

This place is owned and cultivated by the Florida Cen- 
tral and Peninsular Railroad, and is one of the prettiest 
places in Florida. 

This crystal pool, supposed to have been Ponce de Leon's 
fountain of perpetual youth, is reached via rail or by boat up 
the Ocklawaha River from Palatka to Silver Spring Run, a 
swift and pellucid stream. From the springs Ocala, six 
miles distant, can be reached by a side trip. 

TALLAHASSEE. 

165 miles from Jacksonville, via Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad. 

It is the capital of the State and a source of pride to all 
Floridians. It is beautifully built on a high elevation, and 
the design of the broad streets and avenues, shaded with 
evergreens and live oaks, and the bountiful and luxurious 
growth of flowers and shrubs, make it a veritable garden 
spot. 

Here is the Lafayette Land Grant, and the noted lakes 
swarming with ducks and brant. The Murat residence, 
and the grave of Prince Achille Murat, son of the King of 
Naples, and a hundred and one places, may be visited and 
enjoyed to the profit of the tourist. Among these is the 
celebrated Wauklilla Spring, fourteen miles south of the 
city, reached by carriage or saddle, and which is the rival 
in area and depth to the great Silver Spring near Ocala. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Baldwin House. New Leon Hotel. St. James Hotel. 



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ON TAMPA BAY. 



TAMPA. 

212 miles from Jacksonville, via Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad. 

240 miles from Jacksonville, via Tropical Trunk Line to 

Sanford and Plant System. 

The run from Jacksonville to Tampa via Sanford is not 
without interest, as the passenger traverses Winter Park, 
Orlando, and the high pine lands to the Kissimmee Lake 
district, and thence on to that fertile and productive country 
where the town stakes of Tampa were first driven. 

Here cotton, corn, rice, sugar cane, orange, lime, lemon, 
banana, and all the fruits of the tropical zone grow in pro- 
fusion. Its seaport and mercantile value give it a prom- 
inent place among the cities of the State, and as a winter 
refuge it is not surpassed by any point on the Gulf Coast. 
The great Tampa Bay Hotel is the largest in the South, 

(35) 



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and is a marvel of luxurious appointments and lavish 
outlay. Port Tampa, nine miles south of Tampa, is the 
terminus of the Plant System of Railroads. It is situated 
on the shores of Tampa Bay, and from its wharves the 
steamers sail for Havana and Jamaica. The "Inn" at 
Port Tampa is located immediately upon the lon^ pier 
and IS a very agreeable stopping place en route to or from 
Key West and Cuba. 



The Almeria. 
City Hotel. 



PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
The De Soto. 
Tampa Bay Hotel. 



Tampa House. 




COCOA PALM AND ORANGE GROVE. 



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TARPON SPRINGS. 

121 miles from Sanford, via Sanford and St. Petersburg Railroad. 
202 miles from Jacksonville, via Florida Central and Peninsular Rail- 
road, via Lacoochees and the Sanford and St. Petersburg Railroad. 

Foremost among the many attractive winter towns which 
have come into influential life along the line of the Sanford 
and St. Petersburg Railroad is Tarpon Springs, a dozen 
stations from the road's terminus. The rapid clearing and 
building of this South Florida town would surprise some of 
the Western land boomers. It has the advantage of situ- 
ation, the warm winds from the Gulf waters, whose power 
work's wonders, and orange groves of number and great 

^^^ ■ PRINCIPAL HOTEL. 

Tarpon Springs Hotel. 

WINTER PARK. 

143 miles from Jacksonville, via Tropical Trunk Line to Sanford, and 

thence via South Florida Railroad ; also via Florida 

Central and Peninsular Railroad. 

When one considers that this resort, known to-day all 
over the States and abroad, was in i88i a complete wil- 
derness, it shows with what rapidity towns and cities are 
born in this wonderful country of ours. It is a picturesque 
town, laid out in the shape of a Greek cross, bordering 
on the shores of a chain of pretty lakes. The region im- 
mediately surrounding is highly productive of oranges. It 
is undoubtedly one of the best known and most highly 
esteemed winter homes in the far South, being extremely 
healthful. The noted Seminole Hotel, built in the most 
artistic and modern style, is alive with the gayety and life 
of a migratory people under its rich and hospitable roof. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Seminole Hotel. Rogers House. 



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This list could be extended to great length, and then 
perhaps all the attractive places would not secure mention. 
The sketches are intended as brief introductions to the 
most prominent places that typify the distinctive life and 
characteristics of this wonderful land, with its earth, air, 
and water forming nature's most perfect sanitarium, where 
thousands are restored to health and strength. The ro- 
mantic Spaniard who sought the fount of perpetual youth 
here exercised excellent judgment. 

If the hand-book serves to direct the steps of the tourist 
into pleasant paths, its purpose will have been achieved. 




INDEX. 



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PAGE 

A Suggestion lo 

Cedar Key, Fla 19 

Clearwater, Fla 19 

Dates of Tours 6 

Daytona, Fla 20 

De Land, Fla 20 

Distinctive Features 7 

Enterprise, Fla 21 

Extra Pullman Accommoda- 
tions 12 

Fernandina, Fla 22 

Florida, descriptive matter . iS-37 

Green Cove Springs, Fla. ... 22 

How the Tourists Travel ... 8 

Indian River, Fla 23 

Itinerary in Detail 14 

Jacksonville, Fla 18 

Lake Worth, Fla 24 

Miami, Fla 25 

Nassau, N. P 26 

Ocala, Fla 26 

Ocklawaha, The, Fla 27 



PAGE 

Orlando, Fla 28 

Ormond, Fla 28 

Pablo Beach, Fla 30 

Palatka, Fla 30 

Punta Gorda, Fla 31 

Rates and Conditions of the 

Tickets 9 

Resorts iS 

Round-Trip Rates 11 

Rockledge, Fla 31 

St. Augustine, Fla 32 

Sanford, Fla 33 

Silver Springs, Fla 33 

Staff of Tourist Bureau .... 17 

Tallahassee, Fla 34 

Tampa, Fla 35 

Tarpon Springs, Fla 37 

The Days of Starting and Re- 
turning 6 

Under Personal Escort .... 7 

Winter Park, Fla 37 



CALirOBNIA. 



TMBEE 

PERSONALLY-CONDUCTED 

TOUBS TO TME 

GOLDEN GATE 

Will be run during the winter and spring of 1897, 

The first will leave Boston January 26, and New York 
and Philadelphia January 27. $315.00 from Boston ; $310.00 
from New York, Philadelphia, and all other points on the 
Pennsylvania Railroad System ; $305.00 from Pittsburg. 

The second will leave Boston February 23, and New 
York and Philadelphia February 24. $355.00 from Boston ; 
$350.00 from New York, Philadelphia, and all other points 
on the Pennsylvania Railroad System ; $345.00 from Pitts- 
burg. 

The third tour will leave Boston March 26, and New 
York and Philadelphia March 27. For this tour tickets 
will be sold covering all features on going trip, and trans- 
portation returning by regular trains, at rate of $220.00 
from Boston and $210.00 from New York and Philadelphia. 
Tickets will also be sold to include transportation on going 
trip only at greatly reduced rates. 

The rates for these tours are as low as is consistent 
with the best service. 



Pennsvlvanici Pcilrocicl Tours, 



WASHINGTON. 

A series of short personally-conducted tours from New 
York, Philadelphia, and adjacent points will be run 

December 29, 1896; 

January 21, 1897 ; 

February ii, 1897; 

March ii, 1897 ; 

April i and 22, 1897 ; 
May 13, 1S97. 

Rates, including transportation and two days' accom- 
modation at the best Washington hotels :— 

$14-50 from New York; Brooklyn, and Newark; 
$13.13 from Trenton, and 

$11.50 from Philadelphia. 

Proportionate rates from other points. 



TOUBS TO 

OLD POINT COMrORT, m., 

RICHMOMD, VA., and 

WASHINGTON, D. C. 



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December 26, 1896; 

January 28, February 20, March 18, 

and April 15, 1897. 

rates: 

From New York, Brooklyn, and Newark I35 00 

From Trenton, N. J ^^ ^^ 

From Philadelphia ^^00 

Covering all expenses for a period of six days. 

Proportionate rates from other stations. 

Also, tickets to Old Point Comfort, and return direct, 
covering luncheon going, one and three-fourth day's board 
at Old Point Comfort, and valid for return by regular 
trains within six days, will be sold. 

RATES : 

From New York, Brooklyn, and Newark ^16 00 

From Trenton iS 00 

From Philadelphia 14 00 

Proportionate rates from other stations. 



BOSTON TO WaSHINGTON TOURS. 



For the winter and spring the Pennsylvania Railroad 
Company has arranged its usual series of tours to Wash- 
ington, and this season will run five personally-conducted 
trips. These are unquestionably the most popular short 
tours that are given under the auspices of this Company, 
and especially appeal to the residents of Boston and New 
England in general. 

The dates selected are : — 

Tuesday, December 29, 1896; 

Friday, February 12, 1897; 

Friday, March 12, 1897 ; 

Monday, April 5, 1897; 

Wednesday, May 12, 1897. 

All these tours (except that of April 5) will be run via 
the Fall River Line, and will cover a period of seven 
days. The tour of April 5 will be run via the Shore Line 
going, with sleeping cars through to Washington. The 
return trip will be made via Fall River Line, due in Bos- 
ton Saturday morning, April 10. 

The low rate of $23.00 will apply to all these tours. 

This includes accommodations at the best hotels in 
Washington, and all necessary expenses. 



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